UFG is AWESOME.

Hidey ho!

I've been cranking away on new stuff at my new gig. Though I think it'll be a while before I can reveal anything... The dev cycle on this thing is "a while"... heheheh.

When it goes public, I'll have a nice chunk of portfolio work to floss. ;)

I'm gonna try keeping up fresh stuff (non-work) for when the contract runs dry.

Ciao!

-mike

Officially official.

I can now spill the beans.

As of Monday morning, I'll be hanging my shingle at United Front Games, as a contractor (Concept Artist on a temporary contract).

I'm very excited at the opportunity to work on an, as yet, unannounced title. And this should allow me to broaden the spectrum of work that is in my current portfolio (Which has, up until now, just been cars).

Cheers gang, (And happy Friday!)

-mike

Employment rides again!

Hey gang!

Well all of the art delays have been for good reason. I am once again gainfully employed!

Boo Yaaaaaa!

Cheers, and all that!

-mike

Another interview today!

Another interview today and it went hella good! (The particular region of vancouver, in which this studio is located, makes me rethink not living in the city! Gorgeous... And the surroundings too!) Another offer should be here shortly, and looking at the facts, I think it should be the most solid offer currently before me.

I'll spent tonight doodling/drawing/otherwise being creative.

Oh, and good luck to Gabe who is one of the most amazingly talented artists I've ever seen. (Stopped by his neck of the woods today to check out his new 'folio... WOW... Just WOW.
:) The film wold doesn't know what's about to jump up and smack 'em in the face!

Cheers,

-mike

Pay dirt...

Well gang, I'm currently awaiting my first contract offer to come in (from the first art test).
Second art test is almost complete as well, and interview for that is day after tomorrow.

Wish me luck. I'll be posting up some work soon!

Cheers,

-mike!!!

Art test round 2!

Ok ok ok...

I know I was suposed to be adding more art. But here I am... And I have another art test for another company. So I'll have to postpone any updates for the next little bit. Art tests wait for nobody!

;)

See you in a few days! (It's Valentines as well, so that makes things a little more complex.)

:)

Cheers,

-mike

Art tests eat up time.

Heheheheh... Hi everybody!

I've been building a new website (www.hayes3d.com), as well as generating new artwork for the blog/site, and to top that off, I was contacted by a company to do a rather in depth art test. To make a long story short, over the past couple of days I've been doing art that I can't show off.

:)

But now I'll be completing the site, and updating the blog... back to normal. (Until my next job interview next week!)

Cheers gang!

-mike

My favorite commercial to bear my work.

Hey again!

So things are starting to roll... Interviews are happening...

And I thought. I should really share one of my favorite commercials. It's one of my favorites, because my designs are in it. :)

http://www.webridestv.com/videos/need-for-speed-prostreet-commercial-50534

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX shown (Red/White 4 door) in the ad was built to match the in game design created for NFS: Pro Street (My favorite NFS game to date). The other car (Nissan Silvia S15) was designed by my fellow concept artist at the time (Gabe Frizzera). Later in the commercial, it cuts to in game footage with more of our designs, though they're getting banged up and abused. :)

Thought I'd share. I really regret not getting photos from the set of the shoot. Rhys Millen drove the car that I designed! Woo haa! Feather... Get in my hat. ;) Hahahaha.
Daijiro Yoshihara drove the S15 as well. (To those who don't know who they are, they're currently Formula D drivers... But Rhys has been an automotive legend for many years, in many forms of driving/racing/etc.)

Finally starting to get some of my work trickling out of the Black Box.

Hey everyone!

My work has started coming back to me, from within the walls of Black Box. I can start posting up my stuff. I'm really eager to get some of my better stuff up and showing... I'll be using a website pretty soon, in conjunction with the blog, in order to host a gallery better.

Also, have to divert time and resources to sending some images to an interested party. Never a dull moment, this job hunt!

Here's the first piece, the Porsche boss car from NFS Undercover.
We spent all together too much time doing revisions on this car, but in the end, she looked spectacular! (And she's even become a toy!)

Here are the explorations...

The mean, grand puba of the NFS Undercover police force... The Nissan GT-R. This thing saw many variants created, but in the end, the blue and white won out. (And also became a toy!) :)

Here we have another sheet of variants. (Blue and white at top right, is close to the final design)

Some other police livery designs. (Andy Blackmore did a fantastic job on the creation of an original "Cop Muscle Car". Seen at left.)

Shelby Terlingua detail shots.

In order to flesh things out a bit... I'll put up a few more shots of that Shelby Mustang that I helped design.

;)

Gotta get my images up and pimped. Gotta design that web page and get it stood up ASAP.
(Lifted all of the Images from Speedhunters. Hope they don't mind. After all, I did write for them.)

Cheers!

-mike


I mean... Come on. Who are we kidding. This thing is FANTASTIC.

And love seeing it from the back.

Side profile shot

Now... Can your Mustang pull this???

Ta ta for now!

Today was Job Fair day.

Hey all,

Thanks to the Black Box staff for organizing the external recruitment fair.
I went in there, not knowing what to expect, but the turnout was great. All of the companies came out strong, and I talked to as many of you as I could. (Not all were seeking artists) Ryan from Blue Castle, thanks for your time man! I'm putting together a gallery/portfolio site right now and it should be up in the next couple of days. Anna from Slant Six, thanks for talking with me. I know you're not hiring right now, but it's still good to get a little face time with people. Mike and Co. at United Front, thanks for the critique, the advice, and the time. Y'all will see more images as I get them. (Still in talks to free up my art from Black Box).

To old friends I got a chance to reconnect with, hey! And putting a pic on your resume is a blessing and a curse. HAHAHAHA...

More fresh art coming!

Cheers,

-mike

Here are some pics of the cars that I designed for NFS/Maisto (Pics lifted from a Masito page):

All of these should currently be available at Walmart. And all of the toys come with a code to unlock the toy, in game. (Once I get my hands on some production samples, I'll get some good angle pictures) :)

A group photo:

Ahhhh... Maisto actually cast the body kit from the game, and used my boss car graphic design!

It's a pitty this is the small version of the Dodge Viper. In larger scale, this car comes off much more menacing.

A tiny version of my Dodge Charger design. ;)

Something sexy about satin grey paint, a double pin stripe, and some orange.

The new Chevy Camaro.

1:64 Scale Mustang GT (Teeny Weenie Itty Bitty Sized)

Mustang GT (I think these are at 1:18 scale. Nice and bigguns)

Dodge Charger with a nice color split, and an orange pin stripe.

An Audi R8 with British Racing green 2tone and a yellow key line.

Nissan GT-R Cop Car from Undercover. I designed the entire fleet of police vehicle graphics for the game.

New art on the way!

Hello gang,

Sorry for the short hiatus. My little dog Maggie has been having health issues, so I'm attending to those at the moment (We're hoping it's not too serious, but tests are pending). But there is more art in the pipe. (And I've kicked off a joint venture with a friend. If it goes according to plan, I'll have regular art updates to infinity!)

So cheers to you all!

And here's my little monkey, Ms. Maggie! May you be good as new!